yourselves. Whose who in Stiletto Farm?
Stel: I'm Stel, I'm the bassist and singer.
Davyd: I'm Davyd, I'm the guitarist.
Newt: I'm Newt, I'm the drummer.
All: And together we are STILETTO FARM!
Andy: Stiletto Farm is "the last wish of a dying

friend". If it isn't too uncomfortable to talk about

could you tell us the story behind that
statement?
Stel: Sure, it doesn't make us feel uncomfortable

at all. The fallen friend is a guy called Jason White.

He was a mate Davyd and I used to hang around with.

He came up with the idea for this band. We planned
the whole thing out together quite meticulously,

despite the fact that none of us could play anything.

His death came without warning and scared the shit out of us.

Obviously there was only one reasonable course of action

after that ...Learn to play, take on the world, get
revenge!
Davyd: Jay was one of those people who could entertain

a room without even trying, a true rock star!! Of course

the only logical thing for Stel and I to do was keep on

rocking for him. And we play so loud that
I'm sure he can hear us wherever he is!
Andy: Musically what influences Stiletto Farm as a band?
Stel: Anything and everything, even things we totally hate!

Even a crap song can have a chord transition or something

you like the sound of ...and then you can swipe it! Hooray!
Davyd: We all have a massive range of inspirations.

If it can make you move then it'll influence us.
Stel: But mostly Cliff Richard!
Andy: And as individuals?
Stel: Anything delivered with conviction, I wanna

hear something that makes me believe that they believe it.

You can't go wrong with Motorhead (Andy-You got that right!)

or early Manic Street Preachers. Also I've got a real soft
spot for the old Kings of Rock 'n' Roll, Little Richard and

Elvis Presley. You can't beat that stuff.
Davyd: Motorhead runs through mine and all of Stiletto

Farm's veins, but give me some Backyard Babies or

The Wildhearts with their killer riffs and vocal harmonies.

On the flip side give me some ear bleeding shredding

and brutal drumming from the likes of Black Label Society or
Pantera, I love it all. Though I can't forget the band's

who first inspired me to pick up a guitar like The Beatles,

The Who, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters. Without these guys,where

would rock be?!
Andy: Nowheresville! That's where! You are so right. Without

those early bands/artists (along with The Rolling Stones)

rock ass we know it just wouldn't be the same.

Newt: I think for me personally stuff like Motley Crue,

Skid Row.. etc... Old 80's rock/metal, its always been my favourite

and helped me develop my drumming style to more of a personal one.

But I'm also into my blues rock purely because of how sweet

it all sounds! I'm pretty easy going, as long its none of that

fake crap you hear on the radio!
Andy: I agree. Thankfully you can usually pick out the fake

crap from a million away! Otherwise (and again, this is one thing

that I really love about your band!) it sure as hell seems as

if all of our music collections have a similar flow. But anyway,

the 2012 single "Decimation Baby" was your first

release correct? It must have seemed a bit surreal

re-recording it for your full-length debut album.

I mean you've come a long way!
Davyd: There was a little deja vu re-recording it,

but from listening to the original and knowing it

could be better it was a blessing in a way being able

to do it justice this time and make it a real
ballbreaker of a track.
Newt: I wasn't in the band when it was originally recorded,

but I took a go at changing it up a bit, making it into

something different so when we came to re-record it, it came

back with the punch we wanted, and I bloody enjoyed doing so!
Stel: We reluctantly released the original in 2012.

We weren't happy with how it turned out, but we

needed something out there. It was a real boon to redo

it bigger and better. The new version
makes the old one sound weak as piss!
Andy: I'll agree to that. The updated take sounds beefier.

There's more of an edge to it. You had the technology to

rebuild it and you did. Kind of like the Six Million Dollar

Man! LOL! Back to the album though.

Besides the more obvious numbers what songs
were written specifically for "January Sales"?
Stel: 'Dead To You' and 'Princess' were the songs

we cobbled together just before going into the studio.

We had a lot of ideas for extra guitar parts and

keyboards and stuff for those songs, they were written
to be played in the studio. The other songs were

written with the live performance in mind, but we

were always aware that they would have to
fit on an album together at some point.
Andy: How has the reception been for the new

tracks from fans?
Stel: Other than yourself and a select few others,

nobody has heard anything yet. The album will be

released early October. That said, we did release the

song 'Adrenaline TV' as a little sneak peek and the
reception to that has been overwhelmingly positive.

I think people are surprised at how much better than

our last single 'Bad Reception' it is.

Newt: My Mum likes it!

Andy: Hey, as long as Mom is happy that's all that

matters anyway! LOL!

Andy: So, tell me about "Princess". As I don't have

the benefit of having a lyric sheet in front me could

you break it down for us? It actually seems to be quite

the departure from what (lyrically at least) lies at
the heart of "January Sales"
Stel: 'Princess' is little uplifting number about

how we live in a world that will allow someone as

debauched as Nicki Minaj to show her face at the

Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. If I was a young girl

in today's world, I would feel very lost and betrayed.

The idea of doing a ballad was a bit of a risk for us,

but we figured if we filled it with as much hate as

the rest of the album we could pull it off.
Davyd: You know it's all gone to shit when little

"So, in closing, fuck you METAL MARK. Fuck you, fuck Lynch Mob, and fuck your shitty website!”
“I don't know who this METAL MARK is, but I know better than to waste my time checking out anything else written by this asshole”
-Mike